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Style in Selected Headlines of Niyi Osundare’s Columns in Newswatch

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dc.contributor.author ALUYA, Isaiah
dc.date.accessioned 2024-06-10T12:38:20Z
dc.date.available 2024-06-10T12:38:20Z
dc.date.issued 2019-06
dc.identifier.issn : 2636-7149-6300
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/1749
dc.description.abstract This study examined 86 headlines in the columns of Newswatch by Niyi Osundare which had been relatively underexplored. The aim was to determine their functional significance based on their peculiar stylistics choices. The study adopted the qualitative method and subjected the selected headlines to general stylistic approach. The findings revealed that the headlines exploit alliterations to reinforce the main points raised. Two types of nominal groups featured prominently in the headlines: the modifier plus head mh and head plus qualifier hq types. They were employed for effective description so as to maximize information and minimize space. Neologism foregrounded the headlines in order to underscore the import of the news story. Allusion provided clues about the contents of the news story. Whereas colloquialism indicated informality between Osundare and readers; through lexical ambiguity, the headlines induced readers in order to make them hold the different interpretations in mind as well as give the interpretations equal serious meaningful value. Idioms served for rhetorical effects and to provide imagery in order to enhance the message communicated. Deliberate misspelling of word was pressed into satirical function. These stylistic devices, undoubtedly, formed the selections which Osundare makes from the resources of language within the genre of newspaper reporting; and they functioned collaboratively to make the selected headlines informative, indicative and persuasive. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Self en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Journal of Languages, Linguistics and Literary Studies (JOLLS) en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Volume 9;No. 5
dc.subject Columns en_US
dc.subject Headlines en_US
dc.subject Newswatch en_US
dc.subject Style en_US
dc.title Style in Selected Headlines of Niyi Osundare’s Columns in Newswatch en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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